Department of Environment (DoE) of Chattogram region demolished two illegal brick kilns in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram today.

The authorities of a private tea garden allegedly cut down around 1,000 trees at a punji (village) in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila without permission from Forest Department.

Authorities today said they are preparing 814 shelters to move and evacuate people should Cyclone Yaas hit the south-western coast.

A slow loris, locally known as "Lojjaboti Banor", and a fishing cat were rescued in Rangamati's Bagaichhari upazila and Naniarchhar upazila.

A High Court bench today expressed hope that the problems regarding tree felling at Suhrawardy Udyan will be resolved amicably through discussions between the government and environmentalists.

A giant slab of ice bigger than the Spanish island of Majorca has sheared off from the frozen edge of Antarctica into the Weddell Sea, becoming the largest iceberg afloat in the world, the European Space Agency said on Wednesday.

Five brick kilns which were built illegally around four to five years ago and demolished by local administration recently, have resumed their operation in five areas of Barguna district.

Researchers in Australia want to transform single-use Covid masks into road material. In the United States, the protective gear is recycled into benches. And in France, they are reborn as floor carpets for cars.

An elderly farmer died after he was attacked by an elephant today at Podua union in Chattogram’s Rangunia upazila today.

Residents near Ekhtiyarpur canal in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj can now finally breathe a sigh of relief after a factory in the vicinity was shut down for polluting the environment with industrial waste.

Cropland is decreasing at an alarming rate in Natore as farmers have been digging pond on their agricultural land for fish farming to earn more profit.

Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan has recently come to the limelight as initiatives have been taken to cut down trees for implementing a mega project there.

The government has rolled out a project to make Suhrawardy Udyan -- where Bangabandhu had delivered his landmark March 7 speech and Pakistani occupation forces surrendered on December 16 -- a wonder to behold, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today.

Environmental activists yesterday put placards with the names of freedom fighters, including seven Bir Shreshthas, on trees to save those at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital.

The fire that broke out in Daser Bharani area of Sharankhola Range in East Sundarbans on Wednesday morning was extinguished this afternoon.

Lalpur local administration have started to fill up a pond which was made illegally on Khas land (government-owned land) in Natore.

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Barishal and Chattogram divisions in next 24hours ending at 9:00 am tomorrow, according to a Met office release issued today.

This season’s mango harvest in Rajshahi will start from May 15.

Prime Minister’s International Affairs Adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi today said that industries are important for economic growth and development, but there is no excuse behind polluting the environment recklessly.

A Cambodian court sentenced five environmental activists for up to 20 months in jail today for incitement to commit crimes, over their attempts to organise a march to the prime minister's residence to protest the filling-in of a city lake.